Illegal Cough Syrup Racket Busted in Cuttack, 2 Arrested
Cuttack: A joint team of Drug Control officers and Excise officials busted an illegal cough syrup trading racket in Cuttack and arrested two persons.
Both were arrested during a joint raid at a medicine firm at Sumandi village under the Cuttack Sadar police station limits late Wednesday night.
The arrested persons are the owner of the firm, Jayiram Sahoo (42) and his associate, Prafulla Kumar Jena (49). They were held for allegedly buying, selling, and storing illegal drugs.
A large amount of cough syrup bottles and 32 different types of illegal drugs were seized from the premises of the firm during the raid.
The Excise department officials sealed the medicine firm have started an investigation into the illicit cough syrup trade. Following complaints about the illegal sale of drugs and cough syrup, the excise department had initiated the raid.
